LGC Standards is a leading global manufacturer and service provider of quality assurance and research tools, supporting analytical needs in more than 120 countries worldwide. We use our expertise to produce to the highest standards, including ranges produced under ISO/IEC 17025 and accredited to ISO 17034.
With a variety of reference materials and proficiency testing schemes, our experience in outsourcing and customs allows us to quickly adapt and provide customised solutions to meet our customers' analytical needs. We use science to ensure the safety and integrity of products and services, aligned with our vision of science for a safer world.
Job DescriptionAn exciting opportunity is available to join the standards commercial team as a Project Manager. This role involves planning, managing, and delivering a varied portfolio of commercial projects. The job holder will make sure projects meet quality, timing, and budget requirements. You will support the EMEA Sales team in driving business growth and meeting goals. This is an outstanding chance to join a world-class team known for innovation and excellence!
Key Responsibilities
Oversight of a varied collection of commercial projects including:
- Preparation and maintenance of project documentation (e.g., project planning documents, project costings, etc.)
- Liaising with our internal teams to plan and monitor projects
- Monitoring project progress to ensure timely and on-budget delivery
- Ensuring project outputs align with quality assurance plans
- Coordinating project meetings (e.g., drafting meeting papers, agendas, minutes)
- Keeping project collaborators informed of progress
- Preparing progress reports for programme management and customers
- Liaising with suppliers and subcontractors, monitoring payments
- Assisting with contract documentation
- Management and use of company’s ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system IFS (training will be provided)
Qualifications
Knowledge, Experience and Technical Skills:
- Outstanding organizational skills including attention to detail and multi-tasking
- Experience working with multiple functions and collaborators at all levels
- Significant experience within a commercial environment and understanding of sales cycle is beneficial
- Strong communicator with proven ability to influence collaborators
- Outstanding Excel and project management skills
- Proficient in English, second language desirable
Person Specification
This is a great chance for a project manager to grow and use their skills across various projects that support commercial growth and produce measurable outcomes. We seek an individual who is:
- Ambitious and driven to achieve success
- Collaborative and able to work effectively within a team
- Passionate about delivering outstanding results
- Adept at managing multiple projects simultaneously
- Committed to maintaining high standards and quality in all deliverables
Our values
- PASSION
- CURIOSITY
- INTEGRITY
- BRILLIANCE
- RESPECT
Equal opportunities
LGC strongly believes that every job applicant and employee should be valued for their individual talents. Shortlisting, interviewing, and selection will always be carried out without regard to gender, sexual orientation, marital status, colour, race, nationality, ethnic or national origins, religion or belief, age, or trade union membership.
For more information about us, please visit our website www.lgcgroup.com
Skills Required
- Outstanding organizational skills including attention to detail and multi-tasking.
- Experience working with multiple functions and collaborators at all levels.
- Experience within a commercial environment and understanding of the sales cycle.
- Strong communicator with proven ability to influence collaborators.
- Outstanding Excel and project management skills.
- Proficient in English.
- Second language (desirable).
- Management and use of ERP system IFS (training provided).
LGC Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about LGC and has not been reviewed or approved by LGC.
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Healthcare Strength — Health, dental, and vision coverage with FSA/HSA options are consistently part of the package, and private medical is cited where applicable in the UK. Coverage is often characterized as solid alongside other core benefits.
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Retirement Support — Retirement offerings include a 401(k) with employer contribution in the U.S. and pension schemes in the UK, complemented by life and disability insurance. These elements are highlighted as part of a standard-to-competitive core package.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off, holidays, sick leave, and family leave are broadly available, with some sites offering a year‑end shutdown. Flexibility and local leave programs contribute to a generally well-rounded time‑off offering.
LGC Insights
What We Do
LGC is a leading, global life science tools company, providing mission-critical components and solutions into high-growth application areas across the human healthcare and applied market segments. Its high quality product portfolio is comprised of mission-critical tools for genomic analysis and for quality assurance applications, which are typically embedded and recurring within our customers’ products and workflows and are valued for their performance, quality and range. LGC’s tools play a key role in customer workflows from discovery applications through to commercial manufacture and enable its customers to: bring new diagnostics and therapies to market; progress research and development; optimise food production; and continuously monitor and enhance the quality of food, the environment and consumer products. LGC’s 175+ years of scientific heritage, combined with a track record of innovation and value-enhancing acquisitions, has enabled the company to build its product portfolio and expertise, and develop deep relationships with customers, industry partners and the global scientific community. LGC’s core purpose of Science for a safer world and its core values of passion, curiosity, integrity, brilliance and respect, drive its culture. As of 30 June 2021, it employs 4,350 employees, of which over 1,175 employees hold PhD and/or master’s degrees. Its products and services are delivered by highly qualified and experienced teams, operating from a global network of accredited sites that showcase its scientific and manufacturing capabilities.
